Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: October 22, 2014

Program Area: Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP)

Question: Will the Federally-facilitated Small Business Health Options Program (FF-SHOP) 834 transactions include the issuer's assigned group number in the transaction set?

Answer: Issuer assigned group number will be present in 834 transactions where new members are getting enrolled after initial enrollment AND in termination transactions of dependents. The tag used for this information is "ServiceContractNumber"

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